The 100 A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History Revised And Updated

Format Paperback | 556 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 43.18mm | 1,121g

Publication date 01 Jan 2021

Publisher Kensington Publishing

Imprint Citadel Press

A list of the one hundred most influential people in history features descriptions of the careers, contributions, and accomplishments of the political and religious leaders, inventors, writers, artists, and others who changed the course of history.

In 1978, when Michael Hart’s controversial book The 100 was first published, critics objected that Hart had the nerve not only to select who he thought were the most influential people in history, but also to rank them according to their importance. Needless to say, the critics were wrong, and to date more than 60,000 copies of the book have been sold. Hart believed that in the intervening years the influence of some of his original selections had grown or lessened and that new names loomed large on the world stage. Thus, the publications of this revised and updated edition of The 100.